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How to write 点 (diǎn, “to touch briefly”)

点 (diǎn), an HSK 1 character, means “to touch briefly”, “to mark with a dot” and “to order”. The traditional form is 點, 17 strokes instead of 9. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 有点儿 (“slightly”), 晚点 (“late”) and 地点 (“place”). Japanese reads it ten, “spot”, as a JLPT N3 kanji.

Pinyin
diǎn
Strokes
9
HSK
1
Radical
灬 (“fire”)
Traditional
點

Stroke by stroke

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  9. 9

As a top-bottom character it splits into 占 (“to occupy”), strokes 1–5; 灬 (“fire”, the radical), strokes 6–9, written the top first.

  1. Vertical ㇑topdownwards
  2. Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
  3. Vertical ㇑leftdownwards
  4. Horizontal-turn ㇕centerrightwards → down and left
  5. Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
  6. Dot ㇔bottom leftdown and left
  7. Dot ㇔bottomdown and right
  8. Dot ㇔bottomdown and right
  9. Dot ㇔bottom rightdown and right

Names of the strokes

Japanese and Chinese

Japanese and Chinese draw all 9 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.

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Japanese · KanjiVG · 9 strokes
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Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 9 strokes

Traditional form

Simplified
点 · 9 strokes
Traditional
點 · 17 strokes · see its strokes

Simplified vs traditional

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Pinyin and meaning

PinyinMeaningsTraditionalIn words
diǎn
third tone		to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply點有点儿 晚点 地点 点名
HSK 2025 syllabus
level 1
2021 standard
level 1
HSK 2.0
in a level 1 word
Words with it
374 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 点

WordPinyinMeaning
点 點diǎnto touch briefly; to tap HSK 1
有点儿 有點兒yǒudiǎnrslightly; a little HSK 1
晚点 晚點wǎndiǎnlate; delayed HSK 3
地点 地點dìdiǎnplace; site HSK 3
点名 點名diǎnmíngroll call; to mention sb by name HSK 4
点头 點頭diǎntóuto nod HSK 4
特点 特點tèdiǎncharacteristic; trait HSK 4
重点 重點zhòngdiǎnimportant point; main point HSK 4
优点 優點yōudiǎnmerit; benefit HSK 4
景点 景點jǐngdiǎntourist attraction; scenic spot HSK 4

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

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